Our commitment to indigenous Australians

OUR COMMITMENT TO INDIGENOUS AUSTRALIANS Investing in current and future generations 1

Leighton Contractors has significant opportunities to help ‘close the gap’ between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians. We strive to achieve this by providing safe, culturally inclusive workplaces, meaningful employment and commercial partnerships, and support for local communities. Craig Laslett, Managing Director, Leighton Contractors

OUR COMMITMENT TO INDIGENOUS AUSTRALIANS 2. Contributing to developing Indigenous businesses

Commitment & Unity = Community Fostering strong and meaningful relationships with communities is a high priority at Leighton Contractors. We strive to achieve long-lasting benefits for communities in which we operate, underpinned by delivering on our promises with integrity, honesty and sensitivity. A cornerstone of this principle is our companywide commitment to Indigenous Australians.

Strategic platform for Indigenous engagement Our Strategic Plan for Indigenous Participation and Engagement is the blueprint for ensuring Leighton Contractors delivers on its commitment to support Indigenous people and communities.

We demonstrate this as individuals and as a company, and we work hard to create economic and social benefits so Indigenous individuals and their communities can realise their potential. As part of our core purpose, we are committed to enhancing people’s lives through the diverse capabilities and opportunities a company such as ours can offer people facing disadvantage.

This strategic approach is strengthened by an organisation-wide focus on strong leadership in championing and advocating for Indigenous people and communities, supported by clear performance measures and the drive to create an inclusive and supportive culture. Our plan champions three key pillars for our organisation.

We believe we have both a responsibility and opportunity to contribute to the growth and advancement of Indigenous people and communities by: ¡¡ improving the representation, participation and retention of Indigenous people in our own workforce ¡¡ developing inspiring and effective Indigenous leaders within our workforce and the business community who will make a positive difference to the lives of Indigenous Australians 1. Advancing Indigenous employment and workforce development Our long-term goal is to be recognised by Indigenous Australians as an employer of choice. We are committed to attracting, retaining, training and developing Indigenous people, not only to enhance our engagement with Indigenous communities but also to create greater diversity and talent within Leighton Contractors.

¡¡ being an active partner in building the social and economic prosperity of Indigenous communities through capacity building and business partnerships. We are proud to be on our way to fulfilling these aspirations. As our business diversifies into international markets, our overarching ethos to create positive and lasting impacts for local communities will underline our approach to recognising and empowering Indigenous people and cultures wherever we operate. We understand that a diverse workforce enhances our productivity and performance, and underpins the sustainability of our business.

To effectively embed this plan and, more importantly, the ethos it engenders into We recognise the mutual everyday practice, the plan’s economic benefits that implementation and progress can be realised through is driven by Leighton commercial investments, Contractors’ dedicated team partnerships and participation with Indigenous headed by former Chair of the Indigenous Land Corporation, businesses. Shirley McPherson. Our focus is on building the capacity of Indigenous people to create sustainable businesses, and identifying opportunities to joint venture with Indigenous businesses for mutual competitive advantage.

3. Enhancing relationships and improving outcomes for Indigenous people and communities Our people are driven by our core purpose of enhancing people’s lives. By actively engaging Indigenous communities, understanding their culture and heritage, and investing in initiatives aimed at improving outcomes for Indigenous people, we hope to contribute long-term benefits for Indigenous Australians.

At Leighton Contractors we aim to maximise the potential of all of our people. We achieve this by creating safe, inclusive workplaces with meaningful career paths and opportunities to succeed. To ensure this philosophy ¡¡ dovetailing Indigenousembraces Indigenous people specific recruitment we have implemented a strategies into our Graduate range of initiatives. Program Apprenticeship and Traineeship Program Through our Apprenticeship and Traineeship Program, we are actively changing the face of our industry by ensuring our people are highly trained and skilled regardless of gender, ethnic background and age. The unique program offers individualised, ongoing skills development to support Indigenous students through their career journey with a view to them becoming qualified, employed tradespeople and role models within their communities. Indigenous Employment Program In 2012, we set and achieved a target to have 750 Indigenous people participating in our workforce. We’ve achieved it by:

¡¡ creating an effective school based traineeship program in Western Australia ¡¡ creating a partnership with the CareerTrackers Indigenous Internship Program to engage talented Indigenous university students into the business. Indigenous Internship Program Since 2011, we have worked closely with the CareerTrackers Indigenous Internship Program, for which we were awarded the 2012 Trailblazer Award. We currently have 15 Indigenous interns working within Leighton Contractors in diverse areas including engineering, finance, communications, health and safety, IT and human resources.

Our three year partnership agreement with CareerTrackers will see 50 interns placed with Leighton Contractors. Interns who complete their studies are offered the opportunity to transition into Leighton Contractors’ Graduate Program. Indigenous Scholarship Program In 2012 we launched the Leighton Contractors John Jones Scholarship, which provides financial support for Indigenous students from Curtin University in Western Australia, and offers mentoring and practical experience that will build future careers within Leighton Contractors.

Indigenous Australian Engineering Summer School Leighton Contractors has hosted the Indigenous Australian Engineering Summer School in partnership with Engineering Aid for students at Sydney and Curtin Universities. In Perth, one of our Indigenous surveying cadets from our Mining Division took part in a panel discussion with students to talk about the Fly-In Fly-Out lifestyle and what it is like to work on-site. In Sydney one of our Indigenous engineering cadets hosted the students on a tour of the M2 Highway Upgrade Project.

The scholarship honours the late John Jones who was an inspiring leader within Leighton Contractors for more than 30 years. He was instrumental in establishing Leighton Contractors’ commitments to Indigenous communities.

¡¡ delivering a strong program of apprenticeships, traineeships, cadetships, internships and scholarships

Improving outcomes for Indigenous businesses

“Leighton Contractors has worked in partnership with Jawun since 2010, developing strong ties with Indigenous organisations and communities in the East Kimberley. By exchanging skills, experience and understanding with Indigenous leaders and organisations, Leighton Contractors has shown the commitment and capacity to make a real difference.” Karyn Baylis, Chief Executive, Jawun - Indigenous Corporate Partnerships

At Leighton Contractors, we believe we have a social obligation to support and foster the growth of Indigenous businesses in our, and related, industries. We do this through a range of partnering and investment models. Jawun Since 2010, Leighton Contractors has been an active participant with Jawun, a not-for-profit organisation which links corporate expertise and Indigenous organisations through a staff secondment model. Leighton Contractors provides eight secondments to the East Kimberley region each year.

In 2013 we will expand on this commitment, providing 12 employees to the Kimberley region, North East Arnhem Land and the New South Wales Central Coast regions. These secondments have resulted in more than just skills sharing. We have developed close alliances with local Indigenous organisations and in some cases created joint ventures with Indigenous owned and operated businesses, such as Wanna Work, an Indigenous labour hire service.

Supply Nation (previously AIMSC) We are proud to be a member of the council which provides a direct business-to-business purchasing link between companies, government and Indigenous-owned businesses. In 2012 we doubled our spend rate with Supply Nation businesses and we aim to double that again in 2013. We have included Indigenous participation clauses in our standard sub-contract agreements to encourage others to play their part in employing Indigenous people and awarding contracts to Indigenous businesses. An example of this is the Gorgon Project for Chevron where we have purchased work wear worth over $100,000 from a Supply Nation certified business.

Business joint ventures

Mentorship

Our aim is to develop partnerships with establishing or existing Indigenous corporations and provide practical guidance and support to:

Leighton Contractors is always pleased to be able to provide knowledge, experience and expertise to assist Indigenous businesses to further improve their operations.

¡¡ better their understanding of the business environment, corporate governance, and managing and operating a business

These mentorship programs have long lasting benefits by providing Indigenous companies with both business and technical skills to create sustainable employment and commercial opportunities.

¡¡ help them become commercially viable businesses ¡¡ create employment opportunities for Indigenous people. First Nations Construction in Queensland, Pacific Services Group in New South Wales, Wajarri Holdings in Western Australia, and Walga Mining Services in South Australia are examples of where we have partnered with Indigenous businesses for a mutual benefit.

Ngarda Civil and Mining Creating real opportunities for Indigenous Australians Leighton Contractors is extremely proud to be part of the success story that is Ngarda Civil and Mining – Australia’s largest Aboriginal contracting company.

¡¡ In the Northern Territory the New Future Alliance team assisted the Indigenousowned pre-cast concrete factory in Wadeye and the ready mixed concrete plant in Ngukurr by developing safety, quality and plant maintenance management programs. ¡¡ In Western Australia, through the Pilbara Ripple Effect project, we developed a model for increasing Indigenous enterprise capacity and creating sustainable Pilbara communities.

As a 50 percent shareholder in Ngarda, our relationship creates significant synergies for both companies with the purpose of enhancing lives of Indigenous Australians. Our partnership focuses on providing sustainable growth opportunities for Indigenous people through employment and engagement with the infrastructure and resources sectors. Ngarda began in 2001 as a small mining contractor in the Pilbara region of Western Australia.

This ‘reinvestment’ model mirrors Western Australia’s Royalties for Regions funding model and ensures that a portion of the profit from new businesses is returned to the Pilbara and reinvested in other new projects and businesses. ¡¡ Leighton Contractors has a government approved Indigenous Australian Training, Employment and Supplier Plan that responds to the Australian Government’s Indigenous Opportunities Policy.

Since this time, it has grown into a multi-disciplined service provider remaining true to its core purpose: to create real opportunities for local Aboriginal participation through employment, training and other prospects for wealth creation. The other major shareholders in Ngarda, the Ngarda Ngarli Yarndu Foundation and Indigenous Business Australia, guide the business through their local knowledge and invaluable networks that help create opportunities for Indigenous Australians.

This plan outlines our commitment to actively employing and training Indigenous people, providing business opportunities to Indigenous enterprises, and encouraging our subcontractors and suppliers to employ Indigenous Australians. The National Broadband Network projects being delivered by our subsidiary Visionstream provide an example of this plan in action, with set targets against each of these commitments.

Over the past 10 years, Ngarda has trained and employed more than 3,000 Indigenous people. We have partnered with Ngarda on several projects including: ¡¡ Strategic Indigenous Housing and Infrastructure Program, Northern Territory ¡¡ Ichthys LNG Project Temporary Site Facilities, Northern Territory ¡¡ Marandoo Mine, Western Australia.

“Leighton Contractors is a vital partner in our Queensland Reds Learn, Earn, Legend! Program. Both organisations are committed to returning positive outcomes for young Indigenous Queenslanders and our partnership in this important program delivers real and lasting opportunity to its participants.” David Hanham, General Manager Game Development, Queensland Rugby.

At Leighton Contractors, it is important to us to develop strong and meaningful relationships with the wider community. We strive to help deliver long-lasting benefits for communities in which we operate.

Australian Indigenous Education Foundation

Our financial support of the foundation provides sponsorships for regional and remote Indigenous secondary students to complete further education in order to help gain In our support of Indigenous meaningful employment. people and communities, Clontarf Foundation we don’t just invest in business outcomes, we also We support Clontarf’s football champion initiatives that academies throughout enrich, inspire, unite and Australia and assist young improve lives. Indigenous men make the Garnduwa Amboorny Wirnan Group Leighton Contractors has a partnership arrangement with Garnduwa Amboorny Wirnan (Garnduwa) through two key initiatives: Garnduwa’s Football Development Program which is delivered throughout the Kimberley region and their Kimberley Klub Program which provides support to Kimberley youth who have relocated to Perth to pursue further education and sporting opportunities. Through these partnerships, young Indigenous people learn more about, and have access to, employment and training opportunities across our business, including Aboriginal School Based Traineeship Programs (ASBT), Traineeships and Apprenticeships, and the Indigenous Cadetship Program.

transition from school to work. Our participation and financial support helps to increase attendance at school and provides pathways to employment using Australian Rules Football and Rugby League as a tool for building skills and motivation. Queensland Rugby We sponsor the Education and Employment pillar of Queensland Rugby’s Indigenous Program which will see 64 students mentored through their final six months of education and then at least five of these students mentored through their first six months of employment with Leighton Contractors.

David Wirrpanda Foundation We support the Solid Futures Program, a pre-employment initiative to improve the life outcomes of Indigenous children by encouraging the importance of education and meaningful employment. Beacon Foundation We support secondary schools to help encourage disadvantaged and Indigenous students to complete their studies and pursue meaningful employment.

West Australian Film and Television Institute Leighton Contractors sponsors the Film and Television Institute’s Indigenous Communities Stories project – a major initiative to preserve the culture of Aboriginal communities in Western Australia. The aim is to produce 100 Indigenous stories by 2016 to provide a vital resource and information bank for future generations.

Youth Drive Safe This highly successful Leighton Contractors Youth Drive Safe Initiative has been expanded into the Northern Territory to complement programs in Brisbane, Townsville and Gladstone in Queensland. The program focuses on assisting Indigenous students to obtain their driver’s licence and become confident, responsible and safe drivers.

Stories of success New Future Alliance – 1,800 houses across 55 remote communities, excellent safety Leighton Contractors is a key partner in the New Future Alliance (NFA) engaged to deliver part of the National Partnership Agreement on Remote Indigenous Housing (NPARIH), the largest Indigenous housing and infrastructure program ever undertaken in the Northern Territory. NFA’s objective has been to develop skilled Indigenous people with the capacity to refurbish and maintain public housing post NPARIH. The model has evolved to provide practical solutions to challenges in training and employing Indigenous people in remote areas with limited or no employment history, and who may have social or cultural issues that represent barriers to employment and career pathways. The challenge A key objective of the program is to create employment and training opportunities for Indigenous people.

One of the significant challenges identified was that some of these people and their communities had never experienced construction activity on such a large scale and therefore had no concept or limited understanding of basic Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) principles. The approach Our approach was to consult with local Indigenous people and invite them to be part of the solution, implement a user-friendly OHS system and deliver a communication strategy that catered for a broad mix of audiences from children and community elders to our employees on the project. This approach involved more consultation in the early stages to gain a better understanding of the issues before working with our Indigenous employees and the community to develop solutions.

This approach was also aimed at making our OHS system more user-friendly and relevant to the scope of work being delivered in each Indigenous community. We implemented crosscultural awareness programs, modified the use of language in documents, made risk assessment matrix more userfriendly, and engaged with children and elders on health and safety matters. The result Since NFA commenced in May 2009, the alliance has: ¡¡ employed 746 Indigenous people, which represents 33 percent of the total workforce ¡¡ completed 1.8 million man hours of work, of which 20 percent was completed by Indigenous employees ¡¡ delivered 3,656 modules of training ¡¡ built 240 new houses, rebuilt 124 and refurbished 1,455 across 55 remote communities.

Ord Irrigation Expansion Project – from limited employment experience to company owners The Ord Irrigation Expansion Project is an initiative of the Western Australian Government to increase the size of the Ord irrigation area to about 22,000ha of agricultural land, which will provide major opportunities for growth and sustainability for the region’s economic and social development.

Australian Government. In addition to recognising the Miriuwung and Gajerrong (MG) people as the Traditional Owners of the land, it promised that the Ord Irrigation Expansion Project would deliver significant outcomes to the native title holders in the areas of employment, training and business development.

To ensure the benefits delivered to the community were sustainable, the program looked beyond the scope of the project to the broader East Kimberley community. A town-based employment program also placed and supported individuals with local businesses outside of the project environment.

Kempsey Bypass Alliance – providing life-long skills All investment and upskilling has been undertaken to ensure there is sustainability for these businesses beyond the life of the project.

Importantly, after consultation with key stakeholders including LandCorp, Department of Regional Development and Lands, and the Miriuwung In 2010, Leighton Contractors and Gajerrong people, the was awarded the first phase In reaching agreement with Indigenous and Community The result of a four-year project aimed at the State Government, the Development Program was Throughout the project the expanding agricultural irrigation MG people wished to provide handed back to the Traditional direct workforce has averaged Owners at the end of phase to 7,400 hectares of land in the an improved future for further 21 percent local Indigenous Goomig area, 35km north-east generations to overcome one of the project. A new participation. Of this, more than division of MG Corporation of Kununurra. social issues such as crowded housing, poor health, and limited 60 percent of these individuals was subsequently created and The challenge have moved from welfare education and opportunity. named ‘MG Services’, offering dependency to employment. a ‘one-stop-shop’ to employers Indigenous people make up The approach in Kununurra. 57 percent of the population Importantly, local workers of the East Kimberley region. Leighton Contractors have accepted Fly In/Fly Out The creation of MG Services However 80 percent of the embraced the commitment positions on other Leighton offers opportunities for Indigenous population is made by the State Contractors sites during the sustainable employment, dependent on welfare in Government, developing and wet season to break the welfare business and training comparison with 20 percent of implementing an innovative cycle common to the region opportunities for the Traditional the non-indigenous population. approach known as the due to the Kimberley’s long wet Owners. Indigenous and Community season. Positions have also The high level of welfare The project’s Indigenous and Development Program. been made available locally dependency in the East Community Development for project employees during Kimberley is a concern with The program recognised the Program has been monitored the wet season, thanks to the young age profile for the unique challenges that local closely by state and federal strategic relationships formed region suggesting a substantially Indigenous people faced in governments as a contracting with the Shire of Wyndhamgreater issue in coming years benefiting from the project. East Kimberley and Rio Tinto’s model for future projects. It has if something is not done to These challenges included resulted in requests to educate Argyle Diamond Mine. improve Indigenous outcomes. housing, literacy, nutrition, skill, other employers on how cultural and domestic issues. More than $4 million has been best to implement their own In October 2005, the Ord The program identified and invested into local Indigenous Indigenous and community Final Agreement was signed addressed these challenges businesses including providing development programs. between the native title holders by doing ‘whatever it took’ to assistance in the creation of – the Miriuwung and Gajerrong remove these barriers. four new businesses. people – and the Western

Leighton Contractors is a key partner of the Kempsey Bypass Alliance which is constructing the first stage of the approved 40.5km Kempsey to Eungai Pacific Highway upgrade.

The Dunghutti people are the Traditional Owners of Kempsey and since European settlement have survived extraordinary disruption and pressure, including being moved from 250,000 hectares of land to reserves totalling 40 hectares, the establishment of a local boys home which acted as the nexus for the removal of Indigenous children from their homes, and high levels of segregation continuing well into the late 1960s.

This approach was ¡¡ a package of training underpinned by its membership opportunities for the of the local Aboriginal Focus community including Group which brings together all apprenticeships and key local representatives. traineeships, competency based training and in-house The Alliance’s key focus is to training The project includes a four lane leave a legacy where the local dual lane carriageway to the community is better skilled ¡¡ actively promoting east of Kempsey, interchanges for future employment and opportunities to local at the south of Kempsey and business opportunities. Indigenous businesses to north of Frederickton, and tender on the project’s work Key strategies included: minor bridges. It is due for packages. ¡¡ the development and completion in 2014. promotion of a Statement The Result The bypass has been of Commitment to reinforce ¡¡ 100 percent success rate – anticipated by the community the Alliance’s sense of Despite land rights victories in all the local Dunghutti people for the past 20 years. Key responsibility for and genuine recent decades and extensive employed on the project have concerns are the economic commitment to the local community consultation by all been successful and remain impact on local businesses and community and specifically levels of government during employed employment opportunities for the Dunghutti people the past 10 years, the area local people, specifically the ¡¡ 70 Indigenous people are has well-entrenched cultural ¡¡ the development of a specific Indigenous population. directly employed on this sensitivities and ongoing Aboriginal Participation project, 16 by Leighton community issues. The challenge Plan in consultation with the Contractors and 54 by Aboriginal Focus Group to Two of the major social goals Kempsey has been subcontractors across a provide opportunities for for the Kempsey Bypass identified as one of the most broad range of disciplines. Aboriginal employment Alliance are to increase longdisadvantaged areas in ¡¡ 44 Indigenous people are term employment opportunities ¡¡ working closely with local Australia with very high levels employed under traineeships and support local business representatives to ensure the of long-term unemployment and one is employed under growth for the Indigenous local Indigenous population and low income families, and an apprenticeship. community. was engaged in the an over-representation of recruitment process for the Indigenous Australians in this The approach project group. The Alliance developed a ¡¡ the active employment multifaceted approach to of Indigenous people ensuring a positive contribution through labour hire under a to the Kempsey community. traineeship agreement, with and specifically the local successful applicants signed Indigenous population. up to a relevant Certificate II or III course

PEOPLE ARE THE FOUNDATION of success

From the Mangarryi tribe, 22-year-old Mathew Conway joined the New Future Alliance housing program in 2011 as a trainee to work on refurbishments in his community of Jilkminggan located 130km south-east of Katherine. Once the work in his community finished, Mathew continued to follow the project to work in several other communities and now has been offered an apprentice carpenter role. “I wanted to continue developing my skills and was grateful for the opportunity to continue learning more in the construction industry,” Mathew said. Mathew took on a lead role with the trainees in Minyerri and, with his previous experience from Jilkminggan, they looked to him for advice and leadership. He then assisted the trainees in Ngukurr and in October 2011, Mathew transferred to Lajamanu to assist in the setup required for the new contractors’ camp before the construction program could start. To continue with the trainee refurbishment program, Mathew then moved to Daguragu and Kalkarindji. In recognition of Mathew’s dedication and motivation he has now been offered a carpentry apprenticeship. Mathew believes his learning has only just begun, and is looking forward to the future prospects of moving to more communities to continue his good work. “I will gain real qualifications as a carpenter and perhaps start my own business in the future,” Mathew said. “My dream is to act as a role model for my people and family when I return to Jilkminggan and show that you can advance in this world.”

Description of artwork: The brochure artwork, Indigenous Connections, has been created for Leighton Contractors by Gilimbaa, an Indigenous creative agency. The Indigenous Connections identity represents the importance of the Indigenous workforce within Leighton Contractors and the contribution they make to the company. Indigenous Connections is made up of various symbols and colours that represent both Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures. These markings reflect markings found on traditional ground paintings as well as carvings found on traditional tools, weaponry and transportation. It also incorporates the values of Leighton Contractors. These elements in combination represent working together toward for a brighter future.

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